Wednesday 9 July 2014

sustainable development

How do we get from this situation:

Smokestack
Smoke rises out of factories in Thailand’s Chonburi province.
By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire | The Nation

... to this situation?

   
"Brewing in a remote rural location such as this demands the greatest of sensitivity in approach to environmental effect and long-term sustainability."
Futures Forum: Otter Brewery

What is 'sustainability'?
Sustainable development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In simple English:
Sustainable development - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it not a contradiction?
Development Is A Sham' -- New Internationalist
Rio+20 draft text is 283 paragraphs of fluff | George Monbiot | Environment | theguardian.com
How “Sustainability” Became “Sustained Growth” | George Monbiot

Companies see sustainable growth as key:

Sustainable Growth
In simple terms and with reference to a business, sustainable growth is the realistically attainable growth that a company could maintain without running into problems. A business that grows too quickly may find it difficult to fund the growth. A business that grows too slowly or not at all may stagnate. Finding the optimum growth rate is the goal. A sustainable growth rate (SGR) is the maximum growth rate that a company can sustain without having to increase financial leverage. In essence, finding a company's sustainable growth rate answers the question: how much can this company grow before it must borrow money?


Hochland AG buys “Grünländer” brand from Bechtel Group
17.11.2008

Hochland AG has taken over the hard cheese and sliced cheese brand “Grünländer” from the Bechtel Group. 

Sustainable growth perspectives
This contract allows Hochland AG to broaden its brand portfolio with the addition of the brand “Grünländer”, which has shown dynamic growth in the German cheese market in recent years. This gives the Allgäu-based company access to a further brand in the hard cheese and sliced cheese sector, which has by far the highest sales in the cheese market...  The company, based in Heimenkirch, sees considerable growth opportunities in the marketing of “Grünländer” in its core strategic sales regions of Eastern Europe, especially Poland, Russia and Romania. Hochland AG... 

Futures Forum: The semantics of sustainability: 'sustainable development'... or 'sustainable growth' ... or 'sustained economic growth'... or 'development for sustainability'...
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